{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-280-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 280, § 4","heading":"Criminal prosecutions; expenses paid by commonwealth; waiver of costs for indigent defendants","body":"Section 4. Expenses arising in a criminal prosecution, including fees of grand and traverse jurors for travel and attendance therein, shall be paid by the commonwealth.\nFees and costs of indigent defendants in criminal prosecutions except attorneys' fees, shall or may be waived or substituted by the court or paid by the commonwealth in accordance with the provisions of sections twenty-seven A to twenty-seven G, inclusive, of chapter two hundred and sixty-one.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 280"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter280/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:23Z","sha256":"8b6b0bffbf5150a40f89f75dc2be8dee89cee87d7409b9001e794797fd380f3d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-280-3","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-280-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}